Hudson boys track and field team places sixth at Walsh

The Hudson boys track and field team finished sixth with 68.5 points at the 12-team Walsh Jesuit Warrior Relays in Cuyahoga Falls.

Solon won the competition with 160 points and Stow-Munroe Falls (100.5) and Toledo St. John's (90) placed second and third, respectively.

"I was pretty pleased with it," Explorers head coach Dave Caplin said. "We kept several guys out of the meet and we still got sixth against very respectable talent. We didn't run in several events because of our lack of depth in certain events."

Hudson placed first in three events. Kyle Mau won the 1,600-meter race in a time of 4 minutes, 31.12 seconds.

Gavin Gaynor also took first in the 800 (1:59.35) and John Brandon's toss of 159 feet, 9 inches was the longest throw of the meet.

"We're mixing it up with our distance guys so they don't get too burned out from the distance races," Caplin said. "Kyle ran a 1:57 leg in the 4x8 [3,200 relay] and then ran the 1,600 40 minutes later.